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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mount Everest—Chronicle and Reading List.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the uprising of March 1959, how many Tibetans fled to India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Sikkim?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 15,000.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 30,000.

2. When Messner and Nena decided to leave their base camp and travel throughout the region because the weather on Everest was terrible in the Tibet chapter, where did they head to?
(a) Ama Dablam.
(b) Nangpa La.
(c) Tingri.
(d) Cho Oyu.

3. In the Tibet chapter, how did Messner and Nena originally decide to travel to their intended destination as they waited for the weather on Everest to clear?
(a) By caravan.
(b) By driving.
(c) By flying.
(d) By walking.

4. As Nena and Messner camped for the night at the Rongbuk river just at the edge of a village while waiting for the water to go down enough to safely cross the river, what did Nena write that she felt like?
(a) A prize trophy.
(b) A monkey in a zoo.
(c) A worker bee.
(d) A novice explorer.

5. How many people were in the second expedition to Mount Everest in 1922?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Six.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twenty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ganpei mean?

2. In what city did the authorities have a celebratory reception for Messner and his team?

3. As Messner began his descent, what disturbed him the most?

4. What technical aid did Messner consent to use during his climbs?

5. Who was the first person to ever want to scale Mount Everest alone?

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